Table of Contents List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................................... ii List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................................... ii List of Boxes ............................................................................................................................................................iii Annexes ....................................................................................................................................................................iii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations..............................................................................................................iii Preface ..................................................................................................................................................................... vii Dominica at a Glance ........................................................................................................................................ viii INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 NRDS and the Vision to Build the First Climate Resilient Country in the World ............................ 7 NRDS and the Sustainable Development Goals ........................................................................................ 11 NRDS and Climate Change ............................................................................................................................... 21 Institutional Set-up for Action ................................................................................................................ 24 FEATURES OF THE RESILIENT DOMINICA ................................................................................................. 32 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION............................................................................ 37 Sound Macro-economic and Fiscal Policies ............................................................................................ 37 Sustainable and Inclusive Growth ........................................................................................................... 41 RENEWABLE ENERGY ...................................................................................................................... 44 PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISES ............................................................................................................ 47 CREATIVE INDUSTRIES .................................................................................................................... 71 INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................ 73 HUMAN SERVICES ............................................................................................................................. 76 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................ 85 Water Resource Management ................................................................................................................ 85 Forest Resource Management ................................................................................................................ 86 Land Management .................................................................................................................................. 92 Disaster Management ............................................................................................................................. 92 Waste Management ............................................................................................................................... 96 Leisure and Recreation ......................................................................................................................... 102 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT/SOCIAL PROTECTION/POVERTY REDUCTION ....................................... 105 POPULATION DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................... 106 POVERTY REDUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 110 i SOCIAL PROTECTION ............................................................................................................................. 113 CHILD PROTECTION ............................................................................................................................... 118 SOCIAL CAPITAL..................................................................................................................................... 119 INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS ........................................................................................................... 122 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AS AN ENGINE FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS ..................................... 122 Cross Cutting Areas .......................................................................................................................................... 123 Regional and International Relations.................................................................................................... 123 Good Governance .................................................................................................................................. 124 Gender Equality ..................................................................................................................................... 126 Kalinago Rights and Perspectives ......................................................................................................... 128 Law and Order ....................................................................................................................................... 130 Labour Market ...................................................................................................................................... 131 Data Capture and Dissemination .......................................................................................................... 133 Legislative Framework .......................................................................................................................... 134 Annex 1: Dominica’s Resilient Development Results Monitoring Matrix .................................... 135 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................................... 145 List of Figures Figure 1: Sustainable Development Goals ................................................................................................ 11 Figure 2: Our Integrated Thematic Framework ..................................................................................... 31 Figure 3: The Community of Now and the Future to Live in and Enhance our Happiness- An Ecological Model ................................................................................................................................................. 36 Figure 4: Population Development Challenges .................................................................................... 107 List of Tables Table 1: Key Economic Indicators 2006-2016 ....................................................................................... 37 Table 2: GDP Agriculture 2006-2016 ......................................................................................................... 47 Table 3: GDP Manufacturing 2006-2016 .................................................................................................. 52 Table 4: Tourism Indicators 2006-2016 ................................................................................................... 55 Table 5: Health Indicators .............................................................................................................................. 78 Table 6: Education Indicators ....................................................................................................................... 82 ii List of Boxes Box 1: Sustainable Development Goals 1 to 17 …………………………………........................................12 Box 2: Towards a More Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Growth Agenda for Dominica…. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….43 Box 3: Areas for Nation Policy Consideration…………………… ….……………………..…......................81 Box 4: The Social Development/Social Protection Poverty Reduction Pathway……….….….105 Annexes Annex 1: Dominica’s Resilient Development Results Matrix…………………………………….……135 iii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations AID Bank Agricultural, Industrial and Development Bank AML/CFT Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism BDF Barbados Defense Force CARICOF Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum CARICOM Caribbean Community CDEMA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency CDPF Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEDD Community Economic Diversification and Development CERTS Community Emergency Response Team CIM Inter-American Commission on Women CIMH Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology CREAD Climate Resilient